| California is the leading produce of solar electricity in | | | | watt.To get your solar rebate, you have to choose |
| the United States. One of the reasons for this is a | | | | whether to get the rebate upfront or over a |
| rebate program second to none.How To Get A | | | | three-year period on your electric bill. The upfront |
| Rebate for Going Solar In CaliforniaThe solar rebate | | | | rebate sounds good, but the program only has ten |
| system in California comes under a program known | | | | million dollars budgeted, so you better hop on it |
| as the Emerging Renewables Program. Through this | | | | now.Between state, federal and local governments, |
| program, utility companies in California provide rebate | | | | financial incentives in the form of tax credits, rebates, |
| programs for solar, fuel cell and wind power systems | | | | property tax discounts, net metering and so on have |
| used on residences. In this article, we focus on the | | | | exploded. In some situations, it was actually possible to |
| solar rebate plans.Under California law, all utility | | | | make a profit on the purchase of a system, particularly |
| companies in the state must provide rebates to | | | | if you paid massive property taxes and got a major |
| homeowners that purchase, install and use solar panel | | | | discount for going solar. The State of California has |
| systems. Put another way, you get the rebate | | | | figured this out and now puts caps on financial |
| regardless of whether San Diego Gas and Electric, | | | | incentives. You can take advantage of the incentives |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California | | | | to pay for as much, if not all, of your solar system. |
| Edison or Bear Valley Electric Service is your | | | | You are no longer allowed, however, to use the |
| provider.On January 1, 2006, new rebate designations | | | | incentives to pay for the system and get cash |
| took effect. For solar panel systems, the rebate is | | | | back!To take advantage of the solar rebates, there |
| $2.80 per watt until June 2006. The system is limited to | | | | are a few basic requirements. You must be on grid |
| a 30 kilo-watt capacity or less. For solar thermal | | | | with one of the utilities mentioned above. |
| electric systems, the rebate is a whopping $3.20 per | | | | |